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now what you want us to do, what you want us to do and what i want us to do is remove this, quote, public option off the table, but sit down together, let's enact some of these reforms that are just there. i am sure that my friends, my democrat friends across the aisle would agree with some of those. and let's have a beginning. and one other real quick, we need to have outcome based basement for treatment as well. if someone has a chronic disease, and that person is going to need treatment for a period of time, let's say, okay, we'll give you x amount of dollars and if that patient is in better health at the end of that year or period of time, then we'll give you a reward. outcome based treatment. rather than paying for every single procedure, many of you have seen your bills and the cost for each one of those individual procedures and treatments. so i'll stop now saand say, loo america is a great country, and one of our obligations is clearly to provide everybody with an equal opportunity to better their lives and full full the obligation that our parents and grandparents have, and that
now what you want us to do, what you want us to do and what i want us to do is remove this, quote, public option off the table, but sit down together, let's enact some of these reforms that are just there. i am sure that my friends, my democrat friends across the aisle would agree with some of those. and let's have a beginning. and one other real quick, we need to have outcome based basement for treatment as well. if someone has a chronic disease, and that person is going to need treatment for...
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they will be off the road and not going used car lots. when you turn in a vehicle, it doesn't get an opportunity to go to a lot. it gets destroyed, which will help the people who own scrap businesses. >> all right. thanks for bringing us up to date. we're seeing positive economic times today. new figures show the number of new people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week. the labor department says initial claims dropped from 550,000 to the week ending august 1st. that's lower than analysts indicated. looking at the dow jones now, we're down 56 points on the day. let's go to cnbc's mary thompson. what's moving investors today? >> investors are awaiting the big jobs number tomorrow. of course that being the july jobs report, when the unemployment rate expected to increase tonight. what we're seeing on wall street today is another day of declines. today, it appears that that positive data we received is being off set by concerns on earnings. in the telecom space, that's pretty week. we're also seeing a bit of a pullback in utilitie
they will be off the road and not going used car lots. when you turn in a vehicle, it doesn't get an opportunity to go to a lot. it gets destroyed, which will help the people who own scrap businesses. >> all right. thanks for bringing us up to date. we're seeing positive economic times today. new figures show the number of new people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week. the labor department says initial claims dropped from 550,000 to the week ending august 1st. that's lower...
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the storm seems to have passed us. the policy measures that the government took seem to have worked. >> i'm one of these people who always love to look for the silver lining. that's me. you're saying it's smart to be optimistic right now. >> absolutely. what happened during the boom is everybody was too optimistic. then the nasty stuff came. and everybody got too pessimistic. everybody has their head down looking for the next hole. we or not predicting everything is going to be hundred ki dorie tomorrow. it can't be. what we're saying is keep your head up, look for opportunity, don't fall into the negativism. because around the next corner, whether three months from now or six months from now, you know there's going to be the next upturn. you want to be in the position to cash it at this point. that's the advice, keep your head up. look for opportunities. >> the people who need that most of all are those who are jobless right now and have suffered through. jobless claims were going to be released this thursday. last we
the storm seems to have passed us. the policy measures that the government took seem to have worked. >> i'm one of these people who always love to look for the silver lining. that's me. you're saying it's smart to be optimistic right now. >> absolutely. what happened during the boom is everybody was too optimistic. then the nasty stuff came. and everybody got too pessimistic. everybody has their head down looking for the next hole. we or not predicting everything is going to be...
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. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, set the scene, how excited was the white house today and just set the overall mood for us there. >> reporter: i think they're very pleased. you saw the president come out and make a very brief statement in the diplomatic room on the first floor of the white house today where he made reference to that biography that you mentioned, david. of course, sonia sotomayor up from a bronx housing project. they had diabetes at a young age. lost her father at a young age. wept on to princeton, yale law school, has served for years on the court after serving in other capacities as an attorney before going up to the federal bench. it is said by her supporters that she has more judicial experience than any previous nominee in american history, and the president says he is filled with pride at this achievement in reference to the fact that this is the first hispanic member of the united states supreme court, and she will begin her term -- actually she will sit on a case heard in september, an e
. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, set the scene, how excited was the white house today and just set the overall mood for us there. >> reporter: i think they're very pleased. you saw the president come out and make a very brief statement in the diplomatic room on the first floor of the white house today where he made reference to that biography that you mentioned, david. of course, sonia sotomayor up from a bronx housing project. they had diabetes at...
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or even use to help pay down your credit card balance. it's one of the many ways we make saving money in tough times a whole lot easier. >>> for u.s. journalists, an interview with the president could be considered the pinnacle of his career. david weaver's already done it at 11 years old. after lobbying for an interview for months he got the chance to go one-on-one with the president at the white house. >> i heard that you would like to make an announcement about education. >> well, on september 8th when the young people across the country will have just started or are about to go back to school, i'm going to be making a big speech to young people all across the country about the importance of education, the importance of staying in school, how we want to improve our education system and why it's so important for country. so i hope everybody tunes in. >> a student reporter damon weaver joins me right now, with kect news team, and brian timer mann is with him, the tv director. good morning. i've been looking forward to this. damon, i want
or even use to help pay down your credit card balance. it's one of the many ways we make saving money in tough times a whole lot easier. >>> for u.s. journalists, an interview with the president could be considered the pinnacle of his career. david weaver's already done it at 11 years old. after lobbying for an interview for months he got the chance to go one-on-one with the president at the white house. >> i heard that you would like to make an announcement about education....
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juan andrade, with us. thank you for joining us. dr. andrade, i'll start with you because obviously, much is made with race in this, from the time the debate started and here we are at this great moment in our country's history. put it in perspective as we are all aware she's going to be confirmed today. >> it's true. there was a lot said, and perhaps too much said, on race and gender in this particular hearing. and distraction from the real issue here, and that is her qualifications. 17 years of experience on the federal bench, more than any other justice in over 100 years. unfortunately, that was lost sometimes in the confirmation hearings that gave way to more trivial remarks. >> despite the comments and some very negative, especially from conservative talk show radio people, for the hispanic community of the united states, those who are turning out in large numbers to vote and we talked about senator john mccain who plans to vote against this confirmation, he's in a tough battle in his state against the founder of the minutemen move
juan andrade, with us. thank you for joining us. dr. andrade, i'll start with you because obviously, much is made with race in this, from the time the debate started and here we are at this great moment in our country's history. put it in perspective as we are all aware she's going to be confirmed today. >> it's true. there was a lot said, and perhaps too much said, on race and gender in this particular hearing. and distraction from the real issue here, and that is her qualifications. 17...
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to come back to us. she has a 15-year-old son that needs his mother, and to let her go. >>> there has been some progress in the battle against 11 wildfires in california. crews say they are getting control of the largest fire. most of the 2,000 residents evacuated last week have been allowed to return home. >>> and tom barrett is in the hospital. listen to what he did. this happened after a man attacked him with a pipe at the wisconsin fair saturday night. the mayor was walking to his car when he heard a woman calling for help. she was a grandmother with a child. the mayor suffered a broken hand and is going to be all right. the woman and 1-year-old weren't hurt. police say it was a domestic dispute. he's being talked about as a possible democratic candidate in 2010 after jim dole announced he's not seeking a third term. >> huge political boost when you can defend somebody and their grand kid. >>> next, looking for a new way forward in afghanistan. >> richard engel reporting live for us in kabul. >>> and
to come back to us. she has a 15-year-old son that needs his mother, and to let her go. >>> there has been some progress in the battle against 11 wildfires in california. crews say they are getting control of the largest fire. most of the 2,000 residents evacuated last week have been allowed to return home. >>> and tom barrett is in the hospital. listen to what he did. this happened after a man attacked him with a pipe at the wisconsin fair saturday night. the mayor was...
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new information coming in to us now. the usgs in golden, colorado, confirming to nbc news, 6.9 magnitude quake hit off the coast of baja, california. also there may be an investigation now about whether there are after shocks. we're looking into this right now. we'll continue to bring you up to date as we get more information to us here at msnbc. >>> the status quo is unacceptable. that's been the president's mantra on health care. now "newsweek" is turning the message on its head with an ironic look. jonathan alter is columnist for "newsweek." good to see you today. >> hi, contessa. >> somewhat of a devil's advocate. >> more in the category of satire. not everybody online when they read it at newsweek.com got the joke. my point was to try to nak a case for the status quo as a way of explaining how completely ridiculous and unsustainable the status quo is. i said i like a system where if i were to lose the job and have a recurrence of the cancer i had a few years ago, that i would be unable to get health insurance becaus
new information coming in to us now. the usgs in golden, colorado, confirming to nbc news, 6.9 magnitude quake hit off the coast of baja, california. also there may be an investigation now about whether there are after shocks. we're looking into this right now. we'll continue to bring you up to date as we get more information to us here at msnbc. >>> the status quo is unacceptable. that's been the president's mantra on health care. now "newsweek" is turning the message on its...